Rob_van_der_Does:
What also struck me was the (apparently) half harted effort to upgrade the firmware: although many testers say it’s working reasonably well, there have only been produced three alpha versions; not even a beta has been released. At least a beta should have been offered, and also maintained (with security fixes).
Wheter it’s called an alpha or beta version is just a naming decision. You can see for yourself what issues the latest version has and whether you consider it worth upgrading anyway:
Known issues
Please be aware of these known issues:
Peace of Mind does not work.
Fairphone Updater displays wrong updates because the updates are only distributed through this thread.
Bright lines around boot logo (temporarily fixed in pre2) (fixed in pre3)
Settings app not localized (always English) (fixed in pre2)
Updater does not work from Downloads
Debug boot mode is not translated
battery level suddenly drops
“No SIM card detected” if SIM slot is empty
Updater is missing privileges (n…
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